Preparation guide for MCSE 70-270

1. What would be the best book to study to take 70-270 test?
 1. MCSE Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 2. Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional: 70-270 Exam
 Personally, the key to pass MCSE 70-270 exams is to get a good book and practice, practice, practice! If you can do this, you will absolutely pass 70-270 with surprised or 1000 scores.
For the 270, in my opinion, if you do not get a good book to read and plenty of hands on with XP, you will fail this test! And we should choose best or most useful books for us to prepare Microsoft 270 exams .A book could make a big difference .If you choose the wrong books, you can fail 70-270 exams.
The MS press book, according as their experience  on or passing 70-270,are best material at first hand for us .In my opinion, the MS press stuff not only  could show us  the basic theory and how to do this ,but also have hand on exercises that make us do the stuff its telling us about. Of course, it is not enough to use just several MS press books and practice questions .We should use other materials to reinforce what we learn in the books.
2. So, some online resources or practice exams are more useful for us to get a good mark in 70-270.
1. MCSE practice exams for 70-270:
You may  purchase or download some practice exams from a some place like selftestsoftware.com ,measureup.com as well to see where you stand, then spend your time on the areas where you are weak, which will help you better prepare 70-270 or get the best materials for the next preparation to 70-270。
2. Some 70-270 brain dumps or free resources site can provide the materials for free, if you prefer eBooks or Pdf to the papers .But We couldn’t just own the materials from those sites to prepare the exams.  I found two useful sites to provide free Pdf eBooks: 1microsoftebook2.microsoftpdf.Of course .Please remember that the materials for us are for reference only. Of course, if you have some useful resources, please share them with us.
3. Online training resources for 70-270: The MS Classroom Training is enough for us.
4. Of course, we could need some self test software to help to test our knowledge. Self Test Software for 70-270 could be from (Selftestsoftware.com)
3. As for free Microsoft MCSE Exam 70-270 Study, I think this forum 70-270 exam maybe useful for you .
4. How much study time is enough for the candidates to 70-270?
I think we should choose best suit for us .Even so, I show the experience from my friend for reference only,  who had passed 70-270 with 1000 scores.
His experience was 4 hours of instructor led class and lab work in the morning, and some study at home in the evening (1-2 hours) 5 days per week for three weeks. Then one week of heavy study and self testing had him score very well.
5.Although MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit has covers the objectives for the 70-270 exam, it would be impossible to determine if this book will be sufficient for you to pass the exam. Also, we should know the main topic areas or difficult points in the exams.
Notice: All of the following topics are important and almost all will appear in your paper.
1. Installing Windows XP Professional
2. Implementing and Conducting Administration of Resources
3. Implementing, Managing, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Hardware Devices and Drivers
4. Monitoring and Optimizing System Performance and Reliability
5. Configuring and Troubleshooting the Desktop Environment
6. Implementing, Managing, and Troubleshooting Network Protocols and Services
7. Configuring, Managing, and Troubleshooting Security
The more detailed information, you can read this main topic .
6. What is the total mark or what is the passing score for 70-270?
Generally speaking, we just need 700 scores to pass 70-270 exams .And the maximum score is 1000 .however there have been a few people on various forums who have said that they’ve scored over 1000.The answer from the Microsoft official site is below:
Beginning with the release of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003-related exams, Microsoft will provide numerical scores on exams. By the end of September 2003, most exams will have the new score report format, which includes this numerical score. Microsoft has worked with customers and testing industry experts to create an exam scale that would be consistent across all exams. The new scale requires a minimum passing score of 700 on all exams. The maximum score on the exams will vary depending on the complexity of the skills being measured.
7.What is the test format for  Exam 70 -270 ：Single choice and Multiple Choice，no lab.
8. What is the duration of the test?  That is  2 Hours and 45 minutes  in 70-270.
9. Which certification are the MCSE 70-270 exam counts as credit toward?
1. Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer on Windows Server 2003 certification
2. Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator on Windows Server 2003 certification
3. Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer on Microsoft Windows 2000 certification
4. Core credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator on Microsoft Windows 2000 certification